Liam Mooney is a composer (and performer) of experimental music, designer of noisy sounds, and inventor of unwieldy musical instruments. His work focuses on the sonic possibilities of everyday objects and on the physical properties of sound.
Mooney’s projects have involved such materials as popcorn, drinking straws, plastic bottles, soap, rubber bands, PVC pipes, dry ice, toy instruments, yogurt, balloons, drums, electric fans, foam, music boxes, and vacuum cleaners.
Biography
Raised in a small, but hazardous, town in the mountains of Virginia, Liam Mooney attributes his love of noise to the fact that things were constantly hitting him in the head during his childhood. Now, twirling violently towards the future of music, Mooney sees in all directions at once, but feels a little bit sick.
